God and Hillary Clinton (37 page)
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Authors: Paul Kengor
Chapter 14: Moving to the Middle
1.
“Senator Clinton Blasts Bush Administration over Abortion,”
Catholic Exchange
, January 18, 2005.
2.
“Sen. Clinton on Government Role in Caring for Sick,” Canisius College Press Release, January 18, 2005.
3.
“Catholic Groups Boycott Hillary Speech,”
Newsmax
, January 29, 2005.
4.
“Canisius College Invites Hillary Clinton, Abortion Views Upset Catholics,”
Life News
, February 1, 2005.
5.
“Senator Clinton Blasts Bush Administration over Abortion,”
Catholic Exchange
, January 18, 2005.
6.
“Catholic Groups Boycott Hillary Speech,”
Newsmax
, January 29, 2005.
7.
“Bishop Withdraws from Hillary Speech,”
Newsmax
, January 30, 2005.
8.
See: Michael Jonas, “Sen. Clinton Urges Use of Faith-based Initiatives,”
Boston Globe
, January 20, 2005; and Joe Mariani, “Hillary Clinton: One
Step Back, Shift to the Right,”
American Daily
, January 28, 2005.
9.
Editorial, “Hillary Tunes Up,”
New York Sun
, January 25, 2005.
10.
Editorial, “Senator Clinton's Values Lesson,”
New York Times
, January 30, 2005.
11.
Joseph Curl, “Hillary in the Middle on Values Issues,”
Washington Times
, January 26, 2005.
12.
Quoted in George Neumayr, “Safe, Legal, and Hillary,”
The American Spectator
, January 27, 2005.
13.
Randy Hall, “Catholic Group Opposes College's Plan to Honor Senator Clinton,”
The Nation
, April 21, 2005.
14.
Ibid.
15.
Ibid.
16.
Also see: Joyce Purnick, “Passing Buck on Schiavo Cheats Public,”
New York Times
, August 28, 2006.
17.
The Ivins piece was posted on the Common Dreams Web site on January 20, 2006.
18.
“Clintons: Pope a âBeacon' for Democracy,”
Newsmax
, April 3, 2005.
19.
To its credit, the conservative Web source NewsMax.com reported Clinton's remarks in full on April 8, 2005.
20.
“Former President Clinton Insults Pope on Way to Funeral,” LifeSiteNews.com, April 7, 2005.
21.
Michael J. Gaynor, “Pope John Paul II Is Praying for Bill Clinton,” MichiganNews.com, April 10, 2005.
22.
Brian Williams, “Bill Clinton Remembers Pope John Paul II,” MSNBC. com, April 7, 2005; and Bill Sammon, “Bush Keeps Low Profile at John Paul II's Funeral,”
Washington Times
, April 8, 2005.
23.
“Christian Defense Coalition: Senator Clinton Snubs Dialogue with Pro-Life Groups,” Press Release, Christian Defense Coalition, April 25, 2005.
24.
Bill Clinton,
My Life
(New York: Random House, 2004), p. 558.
25.
Hillary Rodham Clinton,
It Takes a Village
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996), pp. 174â78.
26.
Kristen Lombardi, “Time for a Prayer Circle,”
Village Voice
, April 12, 2005.
27.
The press release from the college came on April 20. Mrs. Clinton had voted on the Mexico City Policy on April 5. Hall, “Catholic Group Opposes College's Plan to Honor Senator Clinton.”
28.
Tim Drake, “Marymount Manhattan: Catholic or Not?”
National Catholic Register
, May 22â28, 2005, p. 11; and Hall, “Catholic Group Opposes
College's Plan to Honor Senator Clinton.”
29.
Hall, “Catholic Group Opposes College's Plan to Honor Senator Clinton.”
30.
Ibid.
31.
Ibid.
32.
Ibid.
33.
Ibid.
34.
To cite one, see: “Catholic Groups Boycott Hillary Speech,”
Newsmax
, January 29, 2005. The terminology was also used by
National Review
, the
National Catholic Register
, and others.
35.
Raymond Hernandez and Patrick D. Healy, “The Evolution of Hillary Clinton,”
New York Times
, July 13, 2005.
36.
This occurred on August 30, 2005. See: Michael McAuliff, “Hil Shreds FDA Boss on Abort Pill,”
New York Daily News
, August 31, 2005.
37.
Clinton-Lazio Debate, held in Manhattan, October 8, 2000.
38.
“Clinton's âPlantation' Remark Draws Fire,” CNN.com, January 19, 2006.
39.
Ibid.
40.
Ibid.
41.
Ibid.
42.
Ibid.
43.
Michael McAuliff and Helen Kennedy, “Hil Has a Holy Cow over Immigrant Bill,” New York
Daily News
, March 23, 2006.
44.
For the record, Bush has been at odds with his own party through much of the immigration debate, and has generally not toed a hard line.
45.
McAuliff and Kennedy, “Hil Has a Holy Cow over Immigrant Bill.”
46.
“Hillary Clinton: Right Wingers to Blame for Abortion,” NewsMax. com, May 19, 2006.
47.
For the Focus on the Family news article on Dobson's statements, see: Gary Schneeberger, “Dobson Challenges Media to Fairly Report Stem-Cell Issue,” CitizenLink.org, June 28, 2004.
Chapter 15: Hillary and the Faith Factor
1.
Bill scored at 7 percent and 43 percent, respectively. The other figures measured were Pat Robertson, Pat Buchanan, George W. Bush, and Al Gore, who were ranked in order from most to least religious. See accompanying story: Elizabeth Crowley, “Bible Gives Shape to Conservative
Values of Fundamentalist Voters,”
Wall Street Journal
, March 9, 2000.
2.
Comments were made on January 20, 2001, with Sidey interviewed by Larry King and Caddell by Chris Matthews.
3.
Among others, see Dowd's “She Wants to Babaloo Too,”
New York Times
, September 8, 1999; and “Dragon Lady Politics,”
New York Times
, October 13, 1999.
4.
Susan Page, “Poll Majority Say They'd Be Likely to Vote for Clinton,”
USA Today
, May 27, 2005.
5.
Klein is the author of
The Truth About Hillary
. He said this in “The Truth About Hillary,” Q&A by Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online, June 20, 2005; and on the radio talk show, “Quinn in the Morning,” WPGB, 104.7 FM, Pittsburgh.
6.
Christopher Flickinger, “Author Ed Klein Claims Clintons âSold Their Souls to the Devil in Order to Achieve Power,'” Human Events Online, July 8, 2005.
7.
“Hillary Marches in St Patrick's Day Parade,” Catholic League News Release, March 17, 2006.
8.
Ibid.
9.
“Frontline: American Porn,”
Frontline
, February 7, 2002 (original airdate), Program #2012, Transcript, p. 11.
10.
Ibid.
11.
Michael Kelly, “The Flynt Standard,”
Washington Post
, January 13, 1999.
12.
“Frontline: American Porn,”
Frontline
, February 7, 2002 (original airdate), Program #2012, Transcript, p. 14.
13.
See, for instance, the 2004
Book of Discipline
for the United Methodist Church. The 2004 edition is the most recent edition at the time of the writing of this book. The next edition will come out in 2008.
14.
See the Web site for the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.
15.
The
Book of Discipline
of the United Methodist Church states unequivocally: “[W]e support the legal option of abortion under proper medical procedures.” Among the contradictions in the
Book of Discipline
is this statement on abortion: “We cannot affirm abortion as an acceptable means of birth control.” In fact, the vast majority of abortions are for the purpose of birth control.
16.
Jennifer Senior, “The Once and Future President Clinton,”
New York Magazine
, November 15, 2005.
17.
Bill Clinton,
My Life
(New York: Random House, 2004), p. 229.
18.
Ibid.
19.
Hillary Rodham Clinton quotes on “Religion” (undated), compiled in Claire G. Osborne,
The Unique Voice of Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Portrait
in Her Own Words
(New York: Avon Books. 1997), pp. 88â90.
20.
Raymond Hernandez and Patrick D. Healy, “Evolution of Hillary Clinton,”
New York Times
, July 13, 2005.
21.
“âWhat Does Hillary Think?' New Special Report Raises Disturbing Questions about Hillary Clinton and Abortion,” Judicial Watch, November 27, 2006. The May 1993 Galston memo and others are posted at the Web site of Judicial Watch.
22.
This was reported by Fred Barnes, “A Pro-Life White House,”
The Weekly Standard
, January 1/8, 2001, p. 13.
23.
Interview with William F. Harrison, January 10, 2007; and Stephanie Simon, “Offering Abortion, Rebirth,”
Los Angeles Times
, November 29, 2005.
24.
Steven Ertelt, “Democratic Prez Candidates Target Pro-Life Voters with Religious Outreach,” LifeNews.com, December 13, 2006.
25.
The information on Carter in this section is taken from Ralph Z. Hallow, “Carter Condemns Abortion Culture,”
Washington Times
, November 4, 2005.
26.
“Zogby/Associated Television News Poll Reveals: Abortion Tough Issue for Hillary Clinton & '06 Congressional Democrats,” Associated Television News / PR Newswire, March 22, 2006.
27.
Tom McFeely, “Democrats Woo Religious,”
National Catholic Register
, August 6â12, 2006.
28.
E. J. Dionne Jr., “Obama's Eloquent Faith,”
Washington Post
, June 30, 2006.
29.
McFeely, “Democrats Woo Religious.”
30.
Ibid.
31.
Ibid.
32.
Mother Teresa wrote this in her official letters to Mrs. Clinton and the other delegates at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in September 1995, and to the Cairo conference a year earlier.
33.
Matt Bai, “Mrs. Triangulation,”
New York Times Magazine
, October 2, 2005.
34.
Hillary Rodham Clinton quotes on “Religion” (undated), compiled in Claire G. Osborne,
The Unique Voice of Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Portrait in Her Own Words
(New York: Avon Books, 1997), pp. 88â90.
35.
Ibid.
36.
Ibid., pp. 88â90.
37.
Hernandez and Healy, “Evolution of Hillary Clinton.”
abortion issue
abortion pill (RU-486) authorization
Canisius College controversy and
Catholic voters in 2004 and
Clinton administration executive orders and
Coates Amendment and federal funding of
Family Planning Advocates of New York State speech and
Hillary's early support for
Roe v. Wade
case, (
see also Roe v. Wade
case)
Hillary's Methodist faith and
Hillary's midterm campaigning and
Hillary's presidential campaigning and, xivâxv
Hillary's Senate campaigning and
Hillary's Senate votes on
Hyde Amendment and federal funding of
International Women's Health Coalition speech and
John F. Kerry on
Mother Teresa on, v
NARAL keynote address on
Barack Obama on
Pope John Paul II on
Supreme Court nominees and
UN Fourth World Conference on Women speech and
values voters in 2004 and
W. O. Vaught's influence with Bill Clinton on
J. Philip Wogaman and
World Conference on Population Development and Vatican clash on
abortion pill (RU-486)
abstinence
See also
birth-control issue
Adams, Ruth
Adler, Karen
adoption
Afghanistan invasion
AFL-CIO
African Americans
church campaigns and
Hillary and, at Wellesley College
inaugural prayer service and
Don Jones and
Martin Luther King Jr. Day speech and
White House Prayer Breakfast for Religious Leaders and
AIDS
Albany Family Planning Advocates of New York State speech
Albright, Madeleine
Alfred Baptist Church
Alinsky, Saul
Alito, Sam
Allen, Henry
Allen AME Church
Alter, Jonathan
alternative spirituality controversy
Alzheimer's disease
ambition, Bill and Hillary Clinton's
American Conservative Union
American Life League
American Medical Association
Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
American Theological Society
Andersen, Christopher
anti-Semitism charges.
See also Jews
antiwar movement
Apostles' Creed
Arkansas
Bill Clinton as attorney general for
Bill Clinton as governor of (
see also
Arkansas first lady, Hillary as)
Bill Clinton's Congressional campaign in
Bill Clinton's family and early life in
Clintons' marriage in
Clintons' move to
Governor's School in
Arkansas first lady, Hillary as
birth of Chelsea and church choice of
Bill Clinton's church choice
Bill Clinton's gubernatorial election and
faith vs. politics for
family pilgrimage to Israel by
Governor's School and
Legal Services Corporation service by
parenting of Chelsea by
relationship of, with Don Jones
rumors of Bill's infidelities and of marital counseling
sexual education campaign of
as Sunday School teacher
W. O. Vaught's influence on Bill Clinton
Ashcroft, John
assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Associated Press
Associated Television News
atheists
attendance, church
attorney general, Bill Clinton as Arkansas
Atwater, Lee
Audacity of Hope, The(Obama)
Â
Bai, Matt
Bailey, Robert
Baker, Gerald
Baptist faith.
See also
Christian faith
church campaigns and
Bill Clinton's church choice and
Bill Clinton's early
Barth, Karl
Bateson, Mary Catherine
Berg, Bob
Berry, Marsha
Beschloss, Michael
Betts, Charles E., Sr.
Bible.
See also
Christian faith
abortion and
Bill Clinton and
Hillary and
John F. Kerry and
birth-control issue.
See also
abortion issue
Blackman, Henry
blacks.
See
African Americans Blevins, Dexter
Blumenthal, Sidney
Blythe, William Jefferson, Jr. (Bill Clinton's father)
Blythe, William Jefferson, III.
See
Clinton, William Jefferson “Bill”
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
Book of Discipline
, Methodist
Book of Resolutions of the United Methodist Church, The
Bowen, Bill
Boxer, Barbara
Branson, Johanna
Broadderick, Juannita
Broder, David
Brooke, Edward W.
Brown, Judy
Brownback-Landrieu Human Cloning Prohibition Act
Browning, Dolly Kyle
Buckley, William F., Jr.
Buffalo Regional Right to Life Committee
Burleigh, Nina
Burton, Jeanie
Bush, George H. W.
Bush, George W.
abortion issue and
author's research on, xi
church campaigning of
church choice of
on death of Pope John Paul II
Good Samaritan parable and
National Day of Prayer and Remembrance of
pornography industry and
Supreme Court nominees of
veto of Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act by
Bush, Jeb
Byrd, James
Â
Caddell, Pat
Call to Renewal convention
campaigns. See church campaigns; presidential campaigns; Senate campaign, Hillary's
Camp David meetings
Campolo, Tony
Canaan Baptist Church of Christ
Canisius College speech controversy
capital punishment
Cardinal Newman Society
Carlson, Paul
Carter, Jimmy
Carville, James
Casey, Robert P., Jr.
Catcher in the Rye
Catholic Charities
Catholic Exchange Web site
Catholic faith.
See also
Christian faith.
See also
Vatican
abortion issue and (
see
abortion issue; Mother Teresa; Pope John Paul II)
birth-control issue and
Canisius College speech controversy and
Catholic voters in 2004
Clinton administration executive orders and
Marymount Manhattan College speech controversy and
St. Patrick's Day parade and Irish
World Conference on Population Development controversy and
Catholic League
Catholics for a Free Choice
“Catholics in Political Life” document
centrism, Democratic.
See also
Democratic Party
channeling
character issue, Bill Clinton and
“Chelsea Morning” song
Child Custody Protection Act
Child Development Center
child-rearing.
See also
parenting
children's issues
Children's Defense Fund (CDF)
Choice, The
choir, Bill Clinton in church
Christian Coalition
Christian Defense Coalition
Christian Dykes for Choice
Christian faith.
See also
Bible; Jesus Christ; prayer
abortion issue and (
see
abortion issue)
abstinence and (
see also
birth-control issue)
Catholic voters in 2004 (
see also
Catholic faith)
church attendance factor
church campaigns and, xiii
Clinton family church choice in Washington D. C. (
see also
Foundry United Methodist Church)
Bill Clinton's Baptist
Bill Clinton's spiritual counseling and
evangelical
faith-based initiatives speech
forgiveness and
Hillary on evangelical, and faith factor
Hillary's Methodist (
see
Methodist faith, Hillary's)
Hillary's presidential campaign and
Hillary's public embrace of conventional
Jesse Jackson and
John F. Kerry campaign and
Barack Obama and
political potency of, xiiiâxiv
reconciliation of differences in, for Bill and Hillary Clinton
social gospel differences in (
see also
social gospel)
values voters, xivâxv
women and
Workplace Religious Freedom Act and
Christianity Today
churches.
See also
Christian faith
church attendance factor
church campaigns, xiii
Cincinnati Enquirer
civil rights.
See also
African Americans
Don Jones and
Hillary and, at Wellesley College
civil unions, gay.
See also
gay rights issues
class issues
See also
social gospel
Clift, Eleanor
Clinton, Chelsea (daughter)
birth of
parenting of
relationship of, with Jesse Jackson
Clinton, Hillary Rodham
as Arkansas first lady (
see
Arkansas first lady, Hillary as)
author's difficulty researching, xiâxiii
birth of
Christian faith of (
see
Methodist faith, Hillary's)
Bill Clinton's church choice and
daughter of (
see
Clinton, Chelsea [daughter])
family and early life of, (
see also
Rodham, Anthony “Tony”[brother]; Rodham, Dorothy Emma Howell [mother]; Rodham, Hugh Ellsworth [father]; Rodham, Hugh Ellsworth, Jr. “Hughie” [brother])
high school graduation of
Living History
memoir of
presidential campaign of
relationship of, with Bill Clinton, (
see also
Clinton, William Jefferson “Bill”)
relationship of, with Don Jones, (
see also
Jones, Don)
Senate campaign of (
see
Senate campaign, Hillary's)
Senate career of (
see
Senate career, Hillary's)
as U.S. first lady (
see
Clinton administration, Hillary in)
Wellesley College experience of
Yale University Law School experience of
Clinton, Roger
Clinton, William Jefferson “Bill”
on abortion
Arkansas church choice of
as Arkansas governor (
see also
Arkansas first lady, Hillary as)
author's difficulty teaching about
campaigning of, for Hillary
campaigning of, for John F. Kerry
character issue and
family and early life of
impeachment proceedings against (
see
impeachment proceedings)
Michael Lerner and
memoirs of
on Pope John Paul II
presidency of (
see
Clinton administration, Hillary in)
presidential campaign of
relationship of, with Hillary, (
see also
Clinton, Hillary Rodham)
rumors of infidelities of
W. O. Vaught's influence on
Clinton administration, Hillary in
abortion issue and
abortion issue and first executive orders and
abortion issue and meetings with Mother Teresa
abortion issue and meetings with Pope John Paul II
abortion issue and World Conference on Population Development controversy
alternative spirituality controversy
Clinton family church choice (
see also
Foundry United Methodist Church)
impeachment proceedings against (
see
impeachment proceedings)
Michael Lerner and
midterm election campaigns, Hillary's siblings, and
midterm election defeats and
national health care issue and
Newsweek
interview on faith and
politics of meaning issue and